Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to this
section, there shall be appointed in the Department, under and subject to Part
3 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 , the following officers,
namely —
[(a) deleted]
(b) an
Executive Director, Personal Health Services;
(c) an
Executive Director, Public Health and Scientific Support Services;
(d) a
Chief Psychiatrist,
and such other
officers as are necessary for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of
the Acts to which this Act applies.
(2) Subject to Part
III of the Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927 , the Minister may for
the purposes of the Acts to which this Act applies —
(a)
appoint persons, other than officers, as employees on a full time, part time
or casual basis or for a specified period;
(b)
engage persons, other than officers, under contract for services.
(3) Subject to the
Industrial Relations Act 1979 2 and the Public Service Arbitration
Act 1966 3 , the terms and conditions subject to which a person or
a member of a class of persons is —
(a)
appointed as an employee under subsection (2)(a); or
(b)
engaged under contract for services under subsection (2)(b),
shall be as determined
by the Minister after consultation with the Minister for Public Sector
Management 4 .
(4) A person shall not
be appointed to hold or act in —
(a) an
office referred to in subsection (1)(b) or (1)(c) unless he is registered
as a medical practitioner under the Medical Practitioners Act 2008 ;
(b) the
office referred to in subsection (1)(d) unless he is a psychiatrist as
defined in section 3 of the Mental Health Act 1996 .
[Section 6 amended by No. 32 of 1994
s. 3(2); No. 103 of 1994 s. 18; No. 69 of 1996 s. 38;
No. 28 of 2006 s. 254; No. 22 of 2008 s. 162.]